Type-tubtle ob pudge-bed for botary



H. E. SLOAN.

TYPE TURTLE 0R FUDGE BED FOR ROTARY PRINTING PRESSES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18. 1919.

1,316,338. Patented Sept. 16,1919.

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UNITED STATES OFFICE.

HARRY ELLWOOD sLOAIv, or PHILADELPHIA, relays/invents.

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Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Sep 6, 1919- Application filed January 18, 1919. Serial No. 271,877.

described in U. ,8. Letters Patent #1,l3&,3i0.

Practical experience with the type-turtle or fudge-bed referred to has demonstrated the necessity of making certain changes to render the same commercially efficient, which is one object of the present invention. Another object is to reduce the number of parts and strengthen the construction thereof. A further object is to provide resiliently held, shiftable bolts equipped with self-alining bits. With these and other ,obiects in view the invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described and finally claimed.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, and in which Figure 1, is a top or plan View of a typeturtle or fudge-bed embodying features of the invention.

Fig. 2, is a view of the same longitu= tion, I have shown inv the accompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same has-been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the variousinstrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized andt-hat my invention is not limited 'to'the precise arrangementand organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.-

In the drawings, 10 designates a bed-plate fixed to which as by screws 11 are end plates 12 and 13. 14 designates side plates and :15 designates a plurality of ribs removable with respect to the bed-plate and spaced apart to form grooves 15" for the reception of .the

webs or shanks of type-slugs 16. "The1end plate 12 is pertured for the passage there is an upper and "a lower row of heads.

bolts comprising heads '17 of relatively large diameter and stems 18 of relatively small diameter. Between the heads 17' and the outer Wall of theend plate 12 and coiled around each Stem 1:8 is a spring 19 for normally pressing a bolt toward the grooves 15'. A shiftable head 20 normally in abutting posit-ion with the end plate 1-2'is present and the stem of heads lT-are fixed with respect. to the shiftable head by means of nuts '21, said head being relatively thick and countersunk to accept said nuts. The heads '17 are slotted to accept horizontally disposed typeslug engaging bits 22 which, laterally considered, are relatively broad and are each provided with a knife-edge. I These bits 22 are pivoted as at 2:3 with respect to a head l7 and the lrniferedges thereof are notched as at 24: in order to escape contact with a rib 15, so that in effect each bit is provided with a pair of type-slug engaging portions. As clearly shown inFig, 3 the heads 17 are disposed in staggered relation so that there this arrangement alternate grooves 15 ari; in alinement with the spaced knife-edg'esof the upper row of heads 17 and those grooves as bridged or spanned bythe upper row of bits arein alinement with the knife-edgesof the lower rlow of'heads. In other words every groove has positioned in alinement therewith at least a portion of a bit. Be- ;cause of the pivotal arrangement of a bit the same may be moved around its pivot point so that a bit may be'adjusted tocompensate for any inequality in a type-slug bit engaging surface. By moving the head 20 in a direction away from the end plate 12 the bits may be caused to be shifted away from the grooves 15 so that one or more lines of type-slugs may berer nove'd from or positioned'within the typeturtle. For convenience shifting the head 201 have designedia tool comprising a foot'portion 2 5 1 terminating in a handle 26 secured to which are laterally extended journals adapted to engage sockets '27 fixed to the movable head 20. In practice the foot portion of the tool is inserted within the aperture 30 of the type-turtle base, through which is passed a bolt for clampingthe type-turtle to a press cylinder, and the journals are fitted to the sockets-.27 so that by moving the tool handle to the leftin-F1 2, the foot abutting through of a plurality of .endwise shiftable lOO against the wall of said aperture, the head 20 may be moved away from the end plate 12. The end plate 13 is provided with upper and lower type-slug engaging members 29, each comprising a continuous strip of metal provided with a knife-edge. These members are fixed to the end plate 13 by forcing the same within slots made for the purpose. The following advantages may be claimed for the present type-turtle over that disclosed in the aforesaid patent I By employing the enlarged heads with pivoted bits a. greatly reduced number of shiftable members are employed. This reduces cost of manufacture, increases strength of the end plate, permits of the use of a stem of reduced diameter and the use of a stronger coiled spring. By employing stems of reduced diameter nuts may be secured to the stem ends instead of screws as formerly applied. These features in addition to the fact that the bits are self-alining adds to the commercial value of the type-turtle. By making the movable head thicker breakage thereof is reduced to a minimum. Heretofore this movable head was subject to continual breakage but could not be increased in size because the screws employed prohibited such increase. By employing a thicker head and countersinking same to accept the nuts as in the present case this difficulty has been overcome. By the strips 29 in the end'plate l3 the construction has been cheapened, strengthened and made more efficient than by the use of pins as disclosed in the aforesaid patent.

It. will nowi be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in'the statement of the invention and the above description and while I have in the present instance shown and described the preferred embodiment thereof which has been found in "practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

lVhat I claim is 1. In a type-turtle or fudge-bed including complemental type-slug receiving grooves, end plates of which one is apertured for the passage therethrough of endwise-shiftable, resiliently held members, type-slug engaging bits pivoted to said members at least a portion of a bit being alined with a groove and means for moving said members away from said grooves.

2. In a type-turtle or fudge-bed including complemental type-slug receiving grooves, end plates of which one is apertured for the passage therethrough of endwise-shiftable, resiliently held members, type-slug engaging bits having knife-edges pivoted to said members at least a portion of the knife-edge of a bit being alined. with a. groove and means for moving said members away from said grooves.

3. In a type-turtle or fudge-bed including complemental type-slug receiving grooves, end plates of which one is apertured for the passage therethrough of endwise-shiftable, resiliently held members consisting of stems having slot-ted heads, type-slug engaging bits having pivotal relation with said slotted heads at least a portion of a bit being in alinement with a groove and means for moving said members away from said grooves.

4. In a type-turtle or fudge-bed including complemental type-slug receiving grooves, end plates of which one is provided with endwise-shiftable, resiliently held members, type-slug engaging bits pivoted to said members which bits are each provided with a knife edge having a notched portion the unnotched portions of a. bit being alined with certain of said grooves and means for moving v said members away from said grooves.

5. In a type-turtle or fudge-bed including complemental type-slug receiving grooves, end plates of which one is provided with endwise-shiftable, resiliently held members disposed laterally of the type-turtle or fudgebed in staggered relation, type-slug engaging bits pivoted to said members which bits are each provided with a knifeedge having a notched portion the unnotched portions of a bit being alined with certain of said grooves and means for moving said members away from said grooves.

6. In a type-turtle or fudge-bed including complemental type-slug receiving grooves,

end plates of which one isprovided with fixed type-slug engaging means and of which the other is apertured for the passage therethrough of endwise-shiftable resiliently held members comprising stems having slotted heads pivoted to which are type-slug engaging bits, a shifta-ble head through which said stems extend said head having counter-sunk portions, nuts for the ends of saidstems said nuts being accommodated by the said counter-sunk portions of said head and means for shifting said head away from said end plate.

7. A type-turtle or'fudge-bed constructed for type-slug reception, end plates of which one is provided with fixed type-slug engaging means and of which the other is provided with resiliently held, shiftable members extended across the entire width of the type-turtle or fudge-bed in staggered relation and type-slug engaging bits carried by and movable laterally with respect to said members.

.8. A type-turtle or fudge-bed constructed for type-slug reception, end plates of which one is provided with fixed type-slug engaging means and of which the other is provided with resiliently held, shiftable members extended across the entire width of the type-turtle or fudge-bed in staggered relation and type-slug engaging bits having knife edges carried by said members and movable laterally with respect to said members.

9. In a type-turtle a plurality of resiliently held, shiftable members extended substantially across the entire width of the type-turtle and a type engaging bit carried by each member and movable laterally with respect thereto.

10. In a type-turtle provided with type receiving grooves, shiftable members extended substantially across the entire width of the type-turtle and a type engaging bit carried by each member and movable laterally with respect thereto at least a portion of a bit being alined with a groove.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

HARRY ELLl/VOOD SLOAN.

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